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Message: [QUOTE="Mdub707, post: 429673, member: 107"] After 5 years of having shoddy repairs done at the Ford house, I pretty much take anything I hear from a Ford trained diesel tech with a grain of salt. The only exception to this is the vendors on these forums. Dropping my truck off and having it sit for months to get repaired because the moron technicians didn't know squat, and then picking the truck up with the same issues it went in for? No thanks. So you "believe" they're too thin, or they ARE too thin? Isn't that why Ford gives you a minimum thickness spec? Using the spec I believe you'll find that in most cases you can take a little material off and still be ok. You say new heads are to be used every time? What happens when you order two brand new heads from Ford, and they're out of spec for flatness? Send them back and hope the next one's are better? It's pretty basic engine building practice to have FLAT surfaces. Just because the heads are new, doesn't mean they're flat. Now, that aside... what Derek is doing here doesn't really seem to be anyone elses business besides his shop, and his customer. It seems like the customer knew exactly what was going to be happening, so who is anyone else to say he's doing wrong? The thread seems to be more of a "guess what happened" for fun than anything, not really so he can fix the issue. I'm willing to bet if NO ONE replied to this thread, he'd still of got it fixed. I for one applaud him for putting it out here and asking questions. I wish some of the clowns that Ford paid to work on my truck during warranty were on the forums asking questions. Probably would have saved me a ton of grief and time, and Ford a lot of money. [/QUOTE]